Basic Quadrant 3D Printer Model

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License: CC BY-NC-SA
File formats: 3mf,stl,bgcode,f3d
Download type: zip
Size:12.3MB

The file 'Basic Quadrant 3D Printer Model' is (3mf,stl,bgcode,f3d) file type, size is 12.3MB.

Summary

The quadrant was used by sailors to find the latitude while at sea. It was also used by surveyors to measure the height of buildings and mountains.

WARNING: DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN THROUGH THE VIEWPIECE!

This works best if you print the quadrant and the alidade/pointer in contrasting colors.

How to use: https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/object/quadrant/

The quadrant mother board is roughly 135 mm x 150 mm x 20 mm and uses 74 g of filament.

The quadrant alidade is roughly 30 mm x 110 mm x 5 mm and uses 5 g of filament.

QuadrantAlidade.3mf 79.2KB
QuadrantAlidade.stl 147.2KB
QuadrantAlidade_0.4n_0.2mm_PLA_XLIS_19m.bgcode 627.4KB
QuadrantMother.3mf 692.5KB
QuadrantMother.f3d 8.0MB
QuadrantMother.stl 2.8MB
QuadrantMother_0.4n_0.2mm_PLA_XLIS_2h51m.bgcode 2.6MB